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Book & Book Chapters

• 3.Haiyang Chao, YangQuan Chen, Remote Sensing and Actuation Using Unmanned Vehicles, Wiley IEEE Press, August 2012 (LINK)

• 2.Yu Gu, Jason Gross, Francis Barchesky, Haiyang Chao, Marcello Napolitano, Avionics Design for a Sub-Scale Fault-Tolerant Flight Control Test-Bed, Aircraft Technologies, IN-TECH, pp. 21-45, 2012 (LINK).

• 1.Haiyang Chao, Austin Jensen, Yiding Han, YangQuan Chen, and Mac McKee, AggieAir: Towards Low-cost Cooperative Multispectral Remote Sensing Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Gary Jedlovec, Ed. Vukovar, Croatia: IN-TECH, pp. 463-490, 2009 (LINK).

Journal Papers

• J19. Gabriel Mariscal, Christopher Depcik, Haiyang Chao, Gang Wu, and Xianglin Li, Technical and Economic Feasibility of Applying Fuel Cells as the Power Source of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 (Link).

• J18. Xiaolin Hu, Mu Ge, Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, and Ming Xin, Prescribed Fire Simulation with Dynamic Ignitions using Data from UAS-based Sensing Journal of Simulation, DOI: 10.1080/17477778.2023.2217335, 2023 (Link).

• J17. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Zhenghao Lin, Sheena Parsons, Tiebiao Zhao, Ming Xin, Xiaolin Hu, Pengzhi Tian, Harold Flanagan, and Guanghui Wang, Prescribed Grass Fire Mapping and Rate of Spread Measurement Using NIR Images from a Small Fixed-Wing UAS, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2023.3255230, 2023 (PDF) (Link).

• J16. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Tiebiao Zhao, Sheena Parsons, Xiaolin Hu, Ming Xin, Harold Flanagan, and Pengzhi Tian, Prescribed Grass Fire Evolution Mapping and Rate of Spread Measurement Using Orthorectified Thermal Imagery from a Fixed-Wing UAS, International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS), DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2022.2044538, 2022 (PDF) (Link).

• J15. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Andrew Molthan, Tiebiao Zhao, Pengzhi Tian, Harold Flanagan, Lori Schultz, and Jordan Bell, Spectral Reflectance Estimation of UAS Multispectral Imagery Using Satellite Cross-Calibration Method, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS), Volume 87, Number 10, pp. 735-746, 2021 (PDF) (Link).

• J14. Pengzhi Tian, Haiyang Chao, Matthew Rhudy, Jason Gross, and Huixuan Wu, Wind Sensing and Estimation Using Small Fixed-Wing UAVs: A Survey, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems (JAIS), 18, no. 3 (2021): 132-143 (PDF) (Link).

• J13. Pengzhi Tian, Haiyang Chao, Harold Flannagan, Steven G. Hagerott, and Yu Gu, Design and Evaluation of Flow Angle Estimation Filters, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES), Vol. 55, Issue 1, 2019 (PDF) (Link).

• J12. Chuan Yan, Huazhen Fang, and Haiyang Chao, Energy-Aware Leader-Follower Tracking Control for Electric-Powered Multi-Agent Systems, Control Engineering Practice (CEP), Vol. 79, pp. 209-218, 2018 (Link).

• J11. Matthew Rhudy, Yu Gu, Jason Gross, and Haiyang Chao, Onboard Wind Velocity Estimation Comparison for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES), Vol. 53, No. 1, pp.55-66, 2017 (Link).

• J10. Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, Jason Gross, Matthew Rhudy, and Marcello Napolitano, Flight-Test Evaluation of Navigation Information in Wide-Field Optical Flow, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems (JAIS), Vol. 13, No. 11, pp.419-432, 2016 WideFieldOptFlow.pdf (PDF) (Link).

• J9. Caleb Rice, Yu Gu, Haiyang Chao, Trenton Larrabee, Srikanth Gururajan, Marcello Napolitano, Tanmay Mandal, and Matthew Rhudy, Autonomous Close Formation Flight Control with Fixed Wing and Quadrotor Test Beds, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Article ID 9517654, 2016 (Link).

• J8. Matthew Rhudy, Mario L. Fravolini, Yu Gu, Marcello R. Napolitano, Srikanth Gururajan, Haiyang Chao, Aircraft Model Independent Airspeed Estimation without Pitot Tube Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES), July, 2015 (Link).

• J7. Matthew Rhudy, Yu Gu, Haiyang Chao, Jason Gross, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Navigation Using Wide-Field Optical Flow and Inertial Sensors, Journal of Robotics, Article ID 251379, 2015 (Link).

• J6. Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, and Marcello Napolitano, A Survey of Optical Flow Techniques for Robotics Navigation Applications, Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Systems, vol. 74, pp:361-372, 2014 (Link).

• J5. Ying Luo, Haiyang Chao, Long Di, and YangQuan Chen, Lateral Directional Fractional Order PI^\alpha Control of A Small Fixed-Wing UAV: Controller Designs and Flight Tests, IET Control Theory and Applications, vol.18, no.5, pp.2156-2167, 2011.

• J4. Haiyang Chao, Ying Luo, Long Di, and YangQuan Chen, Roll-Channel Fractional Order Controller Design for a Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Control Engineering Practice, vol.18, no.7, pp.761-772, 2010 (PDF).

• J3. Haiyang Chao, Yongcan Cao, and YangQuan Chen, Autopilots for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (IJCAS), vol.8, no.1, pp.36-44, 2010 (PDF).

• J2. Haiyang Chao and YangQuan Chen, Cooperative Sensing and Distributed Control of a Diffusion Process Using Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations, Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications (NMTMA), vol.8, no.1:36-44, 2010 (PDF).

• J1.Wei Ren, Haiyang Chao, William Bourgeous, Nathan Sorensen, and YangQuan Chen, Experimental Validation of Consensus Algorithms for Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol.16, 4:745-752, 2008 (PDF).

Thesis & Dissertation

• P3. Saket Gowravaram, Multispectral Remote Sensing and Spatiotemporal Mapping of the Environment and Natural Disasters Using Small UAS, Ph.D. Dissertation, Feb. 2022.

• P2. Harold Flanagan, Coupled System Identification, Flight Controller Design, and Wind Sensing Using KHawk Flying Wing UAS, Ph.D. Dissertation, May 2021.

• P1. Pengzhi Tian, Sensing and Estimation of Airflow Angles and Atmospheric Winds for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ph.D. Dissertation, June 2020.

• M3. Jacksen Goyer, NIR Imagery based Grass Fire Detection and Metrics Measurement using Small UAS, M.S. Thesis (PDF), July 2022.

• M2. Justin J. Matt, System Identification and Model-based Controller Tuning and Evaluation for Small Flying-wing, M.S. Thesis [ (PDF)], May 2022.

• M1. Saket Gowravaram, Multispectral Remote Sensing of the Earth and Environment Using KHawk Unmanned Aircraft Systems, M.S. Thesis (PDF), July 2017.

Selected Conference Papers

• C39. Mosarruf H. Shawon, Haiyang Chao, Matthew Rhudy, Tor A. Johansen, Pengzhi Tian, Harold Patrick Flanagan, and Jacksen Goyer, Vertical Wind Velocity Estimation during UAS Fire Plume Encounters, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2025 [ accepted, to appear].
• C38. Justin Matt, Haiyang Chao, Mosarruf H. Shawon, Steven G. Hagerott, and Benjamin C. Svoboda, Longitudinal System Identification for a Small Flying-wing UAS, AIAA SCITech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2023 [ (PDF)](Link).
• C37. Justin Matt and Haiyang Chao, Efficient Frequency Response Identification for Small Fixed-Wing UAS Using Closed-Loop Flight Data, AIAA SCITech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2023 [ (PDF)](Link).
• C36. Justin Matt, Haiyang Chao, Zhenghao Lin, and ZhongQuan Charlie Zheng, Simplified Wake Vortex Encounter Modeling and Inner Loop Controller Analysis for Small UAS, AIAA SCITech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2023 [(PDF)](Link).
• C35. Salman K. Rahmani, Zhi J. Wang, Justin Matt, Haiyang Chao, and Charlie Zheng. "Comparison of low-and high-order CFD based estimates of forces, moments and aerodynamic coefficients with UAS flight test data." In AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, p. 4065. 2022 [(PDF)](Link).
• C34. Zhenghao Lin,Justin Matt, Haiyang Chao, Charlie Zheng, and Mark Ewing. "Wake Vortex Encounter Modeling and Simulation for Small Fixed-Wing UAS with Inner Loop Attitude Controller." In AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, p. 4066. 2022 [(PDF)](Link).
• C33. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Harold Flanagan, Pengzhi Tian, Jacksen Goyer, Ming Xin, and Xiaolin Hu, Fire monitoring and metric measurements using low-cost UAS and Satellite Multispectral Data, 102nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 2022 [(Presentation)].
• C32. Justin Matt, Steven G. Hagerott, Benjamin C. Svoboda, Haiyang Chao, and Harold Flanagan, Frequency Domain System Identification of a Small Flying-Wing UAS, AIAA SCITech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2022 (PDF)(Link).
• C31. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Harold Flanagan, Pengzhi Tian, Jacksen Goyer, Ming Xin, and Xiaolin Hu, Wildland Fire Monitoring and Mapping Using Orthorectified Near-Infrared and Thermal UAS Imagery, 101th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 2021 [(Presentation)].
• C30. Harold Flanagan, Pengzhi Tian, and Haiyang Chao, Wind and Turbulence Estimation during Wildland Fire using KHawk Fixed-Wing UAS, 101th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 2021 [(Presentation)].
• C29. Justin Matt, Harold Flanagan, and Haiyang Chao, Evaluation and Analysis of ArduPilot Automatic Tuning Algorithm for the Roll Tracking Controller of a Small UAS, AIAA SCITech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2021 (Link).
• C28. Harold Flanagan, Haiyang Chao, and YangQuan Chen, Lateral Fractional Order Controller Design and Tuning for a Flying-Wing UAS, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2020 (Link).
• C27. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Andrew L. Molthan, Nathaniel Brunsell, and Tiebiao Zhao, Radiometric Correction of Digital UAS Multispectral Imagery Using Free and Open Satellite Surface Reflectance Images, 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 2020 (Presentation).
• C26. Harold Flanagan, Haiyang Chao, and Steven G. Hagerott, Model Based Roll Controller Tuning and Frequency Domain Analysis for a Flying-Wing UAS, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2019 (Link).
• C25. Pengzhi Tian, Haiyang Chao, and Huixuan Wu, UAS-based Wind Estimation Using Sinusoidal Gust Model, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, January, 2019 (Link).
• C24. Saket Gowravaram, Haiyang Chao, Andrew L. Molthan, Lori A. Schultz, Jordan R. Bell, Pengzhi Tian, and Harold Flanagan, Evaluating the 22nd June 2017 South Dakota Hail Damage Using KHawk UAS: Accuracy Quantification and Cross Validation with Satellite Imagery, submitted under review, 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 2019 (Presentation).
• C23. Saket Gowravaram, Pengzhi Tian, Harold Flanagan, Jacksen Hugh Goyer, and Haiyang Chao, UAS-based Multispectral Remote Sensing and NDVI Calculation for Post Disaster Assessment, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2018 (Link).
• C22. Harold Flanagan, Steven G. Hagerott, and Haiyang Chao, Model Based Roll Controller Tuning and Analysis for Small UAS in Turbulence Environment, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2018 (Link).
• C21. Pengzhi Tian and Haiyang Chao, Model Aided Estimation of Angle of Attack, Sideslip Angle, and 3D Wind without Flow Angle Measurements, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, January, 2018 (Link).
• C20. Saket Gowravaram, Harold Flanagan, Pengzhi Tian, and Haiyang Chao, Prescribed Fire Monitoring Using KHawk Unmanned Aircraft Systems, AIAA Infotech Conference, January, 2018 (Link) (PDF).
• C19. Ringkowski, Michael, and Haiyang Chao. "State estimation using inertial optical flows for a fixed-wing UAS." Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2017 International Conference on. IEEE, 2017 (link).
• C18. Haiyang Chao, Kevin Brink, and Mikel Miller, Collaborative Stereo Vision Based Relative Pose Estimation with Small UAS Formation, ION Pacific PNT Conference, May, 2017 (Link).
• C17. Pengzhi Tian, Anpeng He, Haiyang Chao, ZhongQuan Charlie Zheng, and Yu Gu, Wake Encounter Simulation and Flight Validation with UAV Close Formation Flight , AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2017 (link).
• C16. Haiyang Chao, Harold Flanagon, Pengzhi Tian, and Steve Hagerott, Flight Test Investigation of Stall/Spin Detection Techniques for a Flying Wing UAS, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AFM), 2017 (link).
• C15. Pengzhi Tian, Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, and Steve Hagerott, UAV Flight Test Evaluation of Fusion Algorithms for Estimation of Angle of Attack and Sideslip Angle, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2016 (link).
• C14. Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, Pengzhi Tian, ZhongQuan Zheng, Marcello Napolitano, “Wake Vortex Detection with UAV Close Formation Flight”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AFM), June, 2015 (link).
• C13. Matthew Rhudy, Haiyang Chao, and Yu Gu, Wide Field Optical Flow Aided Inertial Navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September, 2014 (link)
• C12. Trenton Larrabee, Haiyang Chao, Matthew Rhudy, Yu Gu, and Marcello Napolitano, Wind field estimation in UAV formation flight, American Control Conference (ACC), June, 2014 (link).
• C11. Caleb Rice, Yu Gu, Haiyang Chao, Trenton Larrabee, Srikanth Gururajan, Yu Gu, Marcello Napolitano, Tanmay Mandal, Matthew Rhudy, Design, Control performance analysis for autonomous close formation flight experiments, International Conference on Unmanned Aicraft Systems, August, 2014 (link).
• C10. Trenton Larrabee, Haiyang Chao, Tanmay Mandal, Srikanth Gururajan, Yu Gu, Marcello Napolitano, Design, Simulation, and Flight Test Validation of a UAV Ground Control Station for Aviation Safety Research and Pilot Modeling, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, August, 2013 (PDF).
• C9. Matthew Rhudy, Trenton Larrabee, Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, and Marcello R. Napolitano, UAV Attitude, Heading, and Wind Estimation Using GPS/INS and an Air Data System, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, August, 2013.
• C8. Daniele Tancredi, Yu Gu, Haiyang Chao, Fault Tolerant Formation Flight Control Using Different Adaptation Techniques, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, May, 2013 (PDF).
• C7. Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, Jason Gross, Guodong Guo, Mario L. Fravolini, and Marcello Napolitano, A Comparative Study of Optical Flow and Traditional Sensors for UAV Navigation, American Control Conference, June, 2013 (PDF).
• C6. Haiyang Chao, Yu Gu, and Marcello Napolitano, A Survey of Optical Optical Flow for UAV Navigation Applications, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, May, 2013 (PDF).
• C5.Long Di, Haiyang Chao, Jinlu Han, and YangQuan Chen, Cognitive Multi-UAV Formation Flight: Principle, Low-Cost UAV Testbed, Controller Tuning and Experiments, ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), Aug. 2011.
• C4. Haiyang Chao, Cal Coopmans, Long Di, and YangQuan Chen, A comparative evaluation of low-cost IMUs for unmanned autonomous systems, IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Sep. 2010 (PDF).
• C3. Long Di, Haiyang Chao, and YangQuan Chen, A Two-stage Calibration Method for Low-cost UAV Attitude Estimation Using Infrared Sensor, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), Jul. 2010.
• C2. Hu Sheng, Haiyang Chao, Cal Coopmans, Jinlu Han, Mac McKee, and YangQuan Chen, Low-Cost-UAV Based Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Platform, Calibration and Applications, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), Jul. 2010 (PDF).
• C1. Haiyang Chao, Marc Baumann, Austin M. Jensen, YangQuan Chen, Yongcan Cao, Wei Ren, and Mac McKee, Band-reconfigurable Multi-UAV-based Cooperative Remote Sensing for Real-time Water Management and Distributed Irrigation Control, International Federation of Automatic Control World Congress, Jul., 2008 (PDF).